HOW TO – Recycle Sweater Yarn
Kristin of Craft Leftovers shows you the steps for how to recycle an old sweater for yarn.
Month: September 2008
Homemade Bed
Phil @ MAKE points to Fabienne’s amazing and completely handmade bed. She has an excellent site up documenting the process from inspiration to the planning to lumber construction, even how she made a tufted headboard and upholstered the whole thing.
lightMate – huggable lamps
Wonder lamps – “lightMate” by artist Francesca Lanzavecchia… Can electric energy fill the void of human absence? LightMates are soft anthropomorphic pillows and warming lamps. This awfully attractive creature heats, lights and provides company. Their different sizes answer to everyone’s need of heat; a mate to hug or a huge companion you can lay on.
Learning Graphically – Comics About Science
I was a comic book fan way before I was a mom. I’ve always liked exposing my kids at an early age to simple forms of complex ideas; I think it makes concepts familiar, letting kids get comfortable with sometimes difficult topics before they’re presented with the adult, “serious” versions – comics are the perfect […]
Call to Makers Deadline Extended to September 14
The call to Makers for Maker Faire Austin has been extended to Sunday, September 14. Be sure to read through the Call for Makers before you submit your project. The application process is simple and won’t take long at all. Related: Crafty Makers: What Skills Can You Bring to the Table?
LEGO quantum erasure experiment
Justin writes in – My seventh grade daughter Emily and I have been working on a quantum erasure experiment that uses the Lego Mindstorms NXT as a mobile sensor platform for detecting photon counts (with sensors provided by www.sensl.com). We found the experiment in Scientific American. A power point presentation contains the details of our […]
Open source text books
Nice article @ Wired about an upcoming open source textbook company… I’m looking forward to the first open source text book on open source hardware :) A small, digital book startup thinks it has a solution to the age-old student lament: overpriced textbooks that have little value when the course is over. The answer? Make […]